ammgws/fork_nongithub_repo.md

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Create a new, empty repository on GitHub
Clone the created repository
git clone https://github.com/username/repository.git
Fetch the contents of the original repository

cd repository
git remote add upstream git://url.com/remote_repository.git
git fetch upstream
git merge upstream/master

Push contents to new repository
git push origin master

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